AN ANTIQUES Roadshow expert has given fans an update on her heartbreaking cancer diagnosis after previously being told she only had a year or two left to live.
Theo Burrell, 36, discovered she had an aggressive grade 4 glioblastoma in 2022.
The young mum was left devastated by the prognosis, and has now told fans she is worried the brain tumour might be growing back.
The Edinburgh-born auctioneer opened up about the symptoms she is suffering from in a candid Instagram post.
She went through months of treatment to shrink the cancer to ten percent of its original size, but continues to experience extreme headaches and nausea.
Alongside a picture of her dogs, Theo wrote: “So my recent trips away are definitely catching up with me – do not let my photos fool you, the fatigue, the headaches, the nausea, the dizziness are all still there, and when I’m tired these symptoms/side effects really make themselves known.
“I spend many hours worrying about each and every one of these issues because let’s face it, when you’ve got cancer, regrowth is always on your mind.”
She continued with a comforting message to others living with cancer, adding: “So if you know these feelings and live with this fear, just know, you’re not alone.
“And it’s not always a sign of something sinister, sometimes you’re just absolutely exhausted and carrying a lot on your shoulders.”
Theo only started her role as an expert on the popular BBC show four years before she got diagnosed with terminal cancer.
At the time she told followers about the experience turned her life upside down, saying: “Receiving my diagnosis, at the age of 35, when my son was one year old, was devastating.
“Overnight everything had changed. Suddenly I’d gone from being a healthy person in the middle of my life with a new baby to having incurable cancer with maybe only a year or two left to live.
“What followed was months of surgery and treatment to try and prolong my life.
“And although I continue to make the best of each day, my tumour will return and it will kill me.
“My care has been excellent and new advances in science have helped me fight cancer so far.
“However, only by funding research into brain tumours can we get closer to a life-saving cure.”